The following excerpt is from Coston v. McDonnell, No. 2:11-cv-0755 JAM EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2012):
In this case, the statute of limitations began to run when the factual predicate of petitioner's claim could have been discovered through the exercise of due diligence. See Shelby, 391 F. 3d at 1065-66. Generally, when a petitioner is challenging a prison disciplinary decision, the factual predicate of a claim is discovered on the date the administrative appeal is denied. Id.; Mardesich v. Cate, 668 F.3d 1164, 1172 (9th Cir. 2012). Although his administrative appeal was denied on January 23, 2009, petitioner contends that he did not learn the factual predicate of his claim until August 27, 2009.
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